Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire is a blast from the past

Festival at Interstate Fairgrounds ends today

11:48 PM,
Mar. 1, 2014

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Once you got out of your Toyota, Ford or other magical carriage, it was almost like being in the midst of the splendor and wonder of the Renaissance.

There were burly, boisterous men talking loudly, wielding gnawed turkey leg mallets in the air as they held court. Merchants sold swords, knives, shields and all manners of warring material. Fair-skinned damsels shielded their fairness with parasols, and shirtless salesmen haggled under colorful tents, trying to lure the "Star Wars" Sand People their way.

OK, maybe there were no Sand People in the Renaissance. We're not even sure the ladies ...